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The Labor enquirer., 1887-07-09
THE JUDICIARY.

The state Of Vermont has erected monu-
ment in memory Of one Of her most illustrious
sons, Judge Theophilus Harrington, in whose
honor the English abolitionists placed a tablet
in Westminster Abbey. This man was, in the
highest meaning of the term, just Judge.
The cause which made him famous, and to his
decision of which he owes the monument,
happened as far back as IS48 At this time
slaves were held in New York, and one Of
them escaping into Vermont, was captured
and taken before the court at Middlebuy by
his owner, who asked possession Of his "prop-
erty.' Judge Harrington listened attentively
to the proofs Of ownership, but said that he
was not convinced that the title was perfect.
Counsel asked what more was required:
"Untl you bring me bill Of sale from God
Almighty you cannot have this man." replied
the judge.
The great truth on which Judge Harring-
toms decision was founded was that if God
made man, and never sold him, no one could
have anything but thiefs title to his possess
sion as owner. And as we'll that "owner-
ship" depended not upon class ideas of legis-
latures or custom but upon the law of nature
"founded in Equity and discovered by the
light Of reason"
Where is the land grabber or coal monopo-
list who can bring bill of sale from God AL
mighty in support Of his title'
The best statue that Harrington could have
would be ten score more judges Of equal
learning and honesty throughout this broad
land.
The ''social" question would then be
quickly settled.
As matter Of fact all we need to do to es-
tablish Socialism pure and simple, effectively
and without a jar in this land is, first to make
converts Of enough honest lawyers to fill the
judiciary chairs of the land; next to elect
them as our judges and let them 60 to work
And furthermore there is not an honest law
yer in the Union who cannst be converted"
if the effort is properly made. And there are
plenty Of honest lawyers, windy talk to the
contrary Notwithstanding. 1t is not the study
of the law but its practice that degrades the le-
gal profession. The trouble with the dishon.
est ones is that they are not lawyers but "shys-
ters.'
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Moor ENoUIz

4 =, the Chinese question. II = g.
"a Iieation printed that gives fair m
~ d ths situation as It really is.] Centuries
u the eompetitivs system soiIaJj6ed where the
development hiss been always downward, The
diaerenisaion Of the people viatly marked
but the selection always to tliebeleT Upes.
have really created anew typlc6l ba,6alian
nce who are and win be for centuries under
any conditions simply moral brutes in the
Shape Of men.
H Ahead Of US is the question Of New Inva.
sion Of savage hordes, the question Of the mi
grafton of race devoid absolutely as race
Of the power to recognize moral obligation.
Such race coming in conflict with the Ar
yian creates an issue that viii be arbitrated
only by the sword.
AAs it is impossible to make Socialist Of
any man who will not admit the supremacy Of
moral obligations so it is equally impossible to
talk Of "Humanity" to race whose mental
structure is such that they cannot comprehend
even the faintest glimmer of the moral idea
embraced in the word "love."
After Mr.. Lum has either read Professor
Whitney or lived for some years among the
Chinese. (not merely gone through Chinatown)
he will be more competent to meet the Pacific
Coast people in argument upon this point.
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THOSE CHINESE ASSEMBLIES.

Dyer d. Lum has communication else
where upon the matter of organizing Chinese
in which he puts strongly the stock Socialistic
objections to the anti Chinese movement. He
voices ideas l once held myself and woul d
probably still hold had it not been for years Of
experience among the Chinese themselves.
1t is not because the Chinese is ''scab,"
because he works for less wages, nor because
of his color that he is opposed by the thought
full radicals Of the Pacific Coas.. 1t is be-
cause he is ofa distinct and different "civiliza-
tom of so low moral grade that association
with him means corruption and degradation to
US without the possibility Of any elevation to
him. Ingrained in their very nature are
cruelty, selhshness, deceit, cowardice, and
treachery. Read Professor Whitney's mon-
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The Propor,ion.l Ballot.

Cleveland Workman, July q
In the adoption of the proportional
ballot, the Union Labor Party has taken
the longest advance step in political
methods that has been taken in genera
tion, and every one is pleased with the re-
suit. In the meeting of delegates the dis
cussion over running whole ticket or
only legislative ticket was sharp one
and an earnest one, but when the election
of delegates to Columbus came and the
leader of the opposition was put in nomi-
nation for position on the delegation he
was the first man to receive quota of
votes instead OF being "knifed" for being
leader of the minority as is but too often
the case in the ordinary form of voting.
The result was that instead of the cleo
ton of delegates widening the differences,
as is so common, it served to heal them
and to secure a more hearty acquiescence
of the minority in the final decision.
The strong points in favor of this sys-
tenn are:
The impossibility of cheating minor
ity out of representation; the open bal
lot; and the single ballot serving to de-
eide the election-an immense saving of
time, tickets and temper. It does away
with the complimentary ballot" business;
it does away with swapping votes on this
ballot for votes on the next; it puts an
end to caucus rule and pre-primary rule
and packing" in primaries and conven-
tions. Under the proportional ballot
"solid" delegation cannot be secured by
packing-all that majority of the votes
will give is a majority of the delegates.
If the proportional ballot is adopted as
the rule in the Union Labor party as we
think it will be, the party may hope to
remain pure, and not only that, but to
grow purer as it grows older, instead of
following the old rule of growing NOR g
corrupt.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-07-09
THE FOOD ROBBERS.

Once in awhile the capitalist classes give
themselves "dead away" Here for instance
is what General Brisbn has to say concerning
the profits Of cattle raising in the West:
IA man gets few cows, waits few years,
and 10. he has herd. He has bought no
land, cut no hay, and paid no herder. His
cattle have grazed on the public domain, liv-
ing summer and winter on the nutritious native
grasses Of the country. All he has had to do
has been to round them up twice year, put
his brand upon them, and let them run. The
herd yields him first $500, then 81 900, then
$4,000, 5000, $4,000 per year in beef, and
almost before he knows it he is rich man.
Meantime, his capital in business, outside Of
his cattle, has been pony or two, a whip, a
dog, a gun, log cabin built by his own hands
and his time. He has hunted, fshed, visited,
and had very good time while, his cattle
have been growing into fortune for him.
There has been no very great hardship in such
life. except that II has been somewhat iso-
lated and lonesome. The average cost Of
raising a steer on the plains Is from 20 cents
to 81 per year, so that 4year.old steer
iat'Su hom S"i iSPiSsShe' " SoSe VI "c""e
g. when ready for the market. He will then
bring $50 to s35 il sold on the range, and if
driven to the railroad, then $40 to $50. TAX
ing into account the loss Of interest on capital
invested before returns can be received, be-
sides all expense and ordinary losses, the av-
erage profit Of stock-raising in the West, dur
ing the last few years, has been at least 80 per
cent per annum. Some well-nformed stock
men put it at 10 to IS on cattle, and so to 90
on sheep. but this is too high. think one
can safely rely on "a per cent per annum on
cattle and 90 to 40 on sheep, and that is
enough"
To illustrate how this business may be done
and to understand its almost positive results,
let us reduce our subject to figures and see
what comes Of it. The following is the item.
lied account Of the expenses Of starting
herd, on the basis Of 1000 heifers with 40
bulls
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RomE's I.IaHTN1Ses.

The bolt has fallen but McGlynn still lives.
And his followers curiously examining the af.
fair find it to be but pasteboard sheaf Of
lightning with even the gliding and painted
flames thereon greatly worn. Alas, for the
good old days when BRUNO writhed at the
stake.
Corrigan may rattle the sheet iron thunder
tomorrow as he pleases; it will do no good |;
his flock have outgrown their pinafsres and
can look behind the scenes.
The second act will soon begin. The au-
dience are about to retaliate upon the players.
Peters pence is to stop until the manager
comes meekly to the footlights. picks up his
thunderbolt and puts it back again in the
property chest; the boxes and reserved seats
in the dress circle may still be filled but the
gallery and pit will be empty till this is done.
No more pennies taken at the door, no more
peanuts cracked between the acts, no more
wild applause of good points made and good
work done, no more of the fine and just ap-
probation of what is good and true in the
church-play-for the gallery gods have left it
to die of the dry rot inseparable from any de-
tected sham.
Good bye, good bye, Old Man, thou who
sittest in dreary dotage upon the seven hills
of Rome holding in thy shaking hands a
rusted door key to Heaven! Good bye |!
That gallery god, thy unruly child, has bored
its planks and placed above thy ancient key
hole Yale lock, and behold, million men
have duplicate keys thereto!
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District Assembly No. 80.

District Assembly No so meets on the 4th
Sundays Of January, April, July and October
Of each year. This District has jurisdiction
over the entire State Of Colorado excepting
the Union Pacific r. R. employes).
All locals at present attached to the Gen.
eral Assembly in this State are earnestly
requested to take steps at once toward attach
ing to D. A. so.
All locals in the State should be working
under one State head to do effective work.
For further particulars Communicate with
c. w. EYE, d. r. S. OF D. A. 80.
3l4S Larimer St., Denver, Colo.
2in 270 1y tf32l
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THE Daily Dfmoyatof Denver afhrms that
it will be newspaper and will not suppress
anything" not even honest accounts of Social
istic meetings. lift lives up to this promise it
will knock the other dailies of Denver cold.
And there is chance for it to begin by re-
porting to-morow's meeting of the Social
League.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-07-09

Mr.. JINGo BLAINE will endeavor to per-
suade Gladstone to visit America and they
will stump the country together for funds for
the Home Rule party, and Mr.. B. will put in
quiet word for the G. o. P. in 1883. Nice
scheme,
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AMERICAN sEAmEN. TAKE NOTICE, /,

The Coast Seamen's Union is the Back
bone of the Pacific Coast Labor Move
ment Capital has subscribed large sums
tc break it up and threatens to import
men from the East and abroad. There
are on the Pacific Coast now three men
for every place. Therefore keep away
from San Francisco.
The COAST SEAMENs UNION.
HEADQUARTERS, 5131a East Street, San
Francisco. California.
January l, 1887.
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Mr.. L. E. CAssATT, an expelled member
of the TypographicaUl Mon of Denver, and
Mr.. Frank Q. Stuart, lawyer and brother Of
Tom Stuart, speaker Of the house and re-
publican politician are about to start "ia6or''
paper in Denver! 1t will be called the "Ar-
6ityatoy" and will be removed from George
town
The Labor enquirer., 1887-07-09

JOHN R. KELso, the author Of that long but
magnificent defense of the Chicago martyrs
published some time ago in the Chicago En-
qniyv lives at Longmont, Colorado. We
hope for something shortly from his pen.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-07-09

THE Brooklyn street car men struck July
for three hours against an obnoxious superin-
tendent. The company yielded. News sup
pressed by the capitalist press.
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Published Weekly by
ssTHE Co-oPERATTvE LABOR ENourRER PUB
LIsHING CoMPANY."
Omcial Organ Of b. 4. 89, Kniqhts Of

OGoial Organ Of D. A. SO, Knights Of
Labor.
The LAsos ExeuIsxa 1 also the Official
Organ Of the Unisn Labor Party Of Cotord-
do.
RS the only paper which contains The
official proceedings of The Trades Assembly
Of Denver, and u the mouth niece Of all the
organized toilrs pest of The Nssissippi
river.
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1T. S." the editorial writer of the Milwau-
kee Daily Labor Re0iesD is one Of the bright
est and best of the many bright editors Of the
Labor press. l do not know his name but it
should be known,
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Plastsssrs' lnternaticnaI Union, No. 90,
Meets every Monday evening
AtES0in Room 81, Tabor Block,
Cornor 10H1a Aan<a IsA11xnSe 0ts,
A.SUARrHoUr, President.
A. ]. HARDEN, Secretary. 1883 pd
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nRIfyxr.Avrpa

Rrtcklayers' International Onion, No. |. or
Colorado. meets the second and fourth Mon.
day even1ngs In each month, ct No. 1919 Law.
renee street. Denver, Colombo.
JAMES COOK. MARK SULLIVAN,
Cor. Secretary, President,
36l8 Moke 80. l2l7 8lth ST.
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CARPENTERs.

Carpenters' Union, No. IS, OF the Brother
mood Of America, meets every Saturday
evening at Euclid Hall. All good Carpenters
are invited TO Join. ka.
w. A. CANNON, President.
]. F. HALL, r. Secretary.
8. A. PEARCE, Rec. and Cor. Sec.
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:
The Labor Party Jubilate over
sund4y y Nights Great
Success,
And Pun II Their Coats for Active
Wsrktn tho Coming Fall
Campaign.

Ne6's Hall Pas jolly on Thursday night
so jolly that no one would think Of ad-
journing until II p. m.
President Macdonald presided and
beamed on everybody, and everybody else
beamcd back in remembrance Of Sunday
night.
"There were more protestors at Music
Hall with us than there were in the whole
boodler's procession with all their bands
and coin," said one.
s'Thanks to the women, we did the
thing in great shape" said another. And
so it went.
The following executive committee for
the ensuing siz months were elected: h.
Cohen, A. 8. Matter, s. W. Isenburg, DR..
c. P. Perry, j. b. Cro1ton, Chas. Cheese
wright, u. smith, Arthur Cheesewright
and W. A. WilSon.
The committee on Organization finally
unveiled their scheme Of organization. It
was received with great enthusiasm, and
volunteer after volunteer rendered his
services in carrying out the idea,-which
was ordered kept quiet for the present.
The volunteers win report next Thurs
day night and all members had better be
present.
Speeches were made by Keifer, Cohen,
Croxton, Wilson, Haskell and Others.
Adjourned for one week, but thu volun-
teers will be at work all right during the
interval.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-07-09

When in want Of anything in the drug
line, don't forget Brother Klbride, corner
Sixteenth and Champs streets. tt
The Labor enquirer., 1887-07-09

JUsT before Gould skinned Field out Of
$4,000 900 he invited him to friendly excur-
sion on board his yacht Field forgot that it
was lay whs invented the mouse trap.
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rpox xoLpxas.

lion MOlders' Union. meets every second
and fourth Tuesday Of each month At Pacific
Hall Twenty-seventh and Holladay, at 7:S0 n
m. ]. ]. SMITH, Cor. Sec. r.
RAJ Hnlfa6av stroo<
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THE SOCIAL LEAGUE
AT NEFF's HALL
Meets Every suzs1sy nis,sk
FEDERATED TRADES.

Gil of the Federated Trades and Labor Organ.
izations Of the Pacific coast, is at Huddy's
hall, 909k Market, San Francisco California,
w. A. BUSHNELL, President.
E. D. MCKINLEY, Cor. Sec.
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LOCAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Notices under this head are S. per year In advance

KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Notices under this head are s6 per year In advance
I4Z4No l424, meets every Friday evening
at Neefs hall, third floor, No. 2H Fifteenth
street, Denver, at 1880 o'clock. A cordial well
come ded to visiting members.
lAc 0-Louisville Assembly, No. 1853,
40 omeets every Thursday evening q
1880 o'clock. at School Hall.
n 0007-Union (benevolent) Assembly, No.
at 1870 O'Clock in Neefs hall, al Fifteenth
street. Strangers in the city and other
brothers and sisters are cordially invited.
o0I7-Internationa Assembly, No. 32l7,
Oz ] meets every Wednesday evening at
1880 O'Clock. in Odd Fellowf hall, $3.50 Santa Fe
avenue, Denver, Colorado. Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
00c Advance Assembly, No. 1881 meets
0zU ] every Saturday evening in Masonic
Inns. Wyoming. Visiting members always
QQQo-Litchman Assembly, No. 1888,
O'Clock, IN X. Of L. hall, Rock Springs,
are cordial invited to visit.
0A00-Platte Valley Assembly, No. S403,
OAtU Oof Sterling, Colorado. meets the sec
0nd and fourth Saturday evenings Of each
month at O'Clock o. m. Visitors welcome.
9AE0-J.R. Buchanan Assembly, No. 3453,
OAtO Omeets every Sunday evening at 7:30,
In McFarlanes Hall, Como, Colorado. Mem
bers OF other assemblies ALWAYS welcome.
QACo-Progres Assembly, No. 348S, meets
0etV0every Saturday evening, at 1880
O'Clock. In Odd Fellows hall. Carbon, Wyom-
tnG.
-steadfast Assembly, No. S482, meets
04S zevery Wednesday evening at 7:3O
O'Clock, In l. o. U. W. hall, corner Holiday
and Twenty-seventh streets, Denver, Mem
bers Of the order invited to visit.
0Eno-Sumner Assembly, No. 36Oe. meets
~ 0OU Don the first and third Wednesday
evening Of each month, at Reno Hall, Twen-
ty-seventh and Holiday Sts.
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rATIORs.

The Tailors' Protective Society, or Denver
meets in Police Court room, City Hall, at1So
o'clock p. M, on the hrst Monday Of each
month. ]. B. LENNON, President,
T. HAMLIN, Secretary.
Room IS Skinner Block.
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the 4lsndr qses,ioa asd dshlI.e - -
spro6t' side ofthe competitive sysoem.
The six hired men. (vage-slaves) three
working six years and three Iso days each
sproduce" in value the enormous amount of
Sa73 1000 less the capital" eaS.6so, and DE
vsgxs ef1e eetisada (Io per ceat inlass)
eI7,i6o, equal to saa7.I9o III 70
be the wages Of the men who did the vork,
They performed altogether the whole of II
they should enjoy its produce.
This leaves the "interest" steal undisturbe1.
Think Of that even alone For just sitting in
his Office in Chicago or Denver or Edinburgh
the ''owner" Of the "capital" receives in six
years $I7,I6o s0egts and finally gets back un-
disturbed his $aS,6so. Does the worxv re
ceive back the sweat and strength and Drawn
and time he has expended as well as receive
his aoagei for it?
But whole book could be written on this
text alone. / touch, however, one other
point. Who pays this enormous sum. ol
$3.50 for the meat when il is brought to
market1 You and / and everybody else.
Not only is the cowboy swindled but we are
robbed by an enormous overchargs.
If Socialism were in full swing and this
business were run by the government at cos'
this very same beef for which we now have TO
pay from IL to 20 cents per pound could be
bought for SO small a sum per pound as to
make your hair stand on end.
Let US look at the figures and be con-
vinced:
These 10, 200 beeves will dressed produce
at least $500 900 pounds Of good meat at an
average retail price Of I6 cents per pound,
producing sSI6, 200! This WE have to pay.
The slaughter houses even now agree that
the butchering can be done at profit for the
Aoe6 alone thus leaving for the owner of the
beef the horns, hide and tallow, worth at least
$3.50 per head. Ten thousand two hundred
cattle would thus yield Ss6,Ioo more
Now look at the summary:
PRESENT PRICES.
Retail price Of the herd. 900
Hides, horns and tallow--................. 56,l0t
Total cost of%5, 1901 900 pounds. sS72. .lot
Cost per pound .......... .......l6 centa
soCIALIsTIC PRICES. lat costD
Cost of production, wages II ,s6l
do capital 1851
Total cost-... ..... ..................S 40, ,ill
Contingent expenses-......... lO,oW
Total cost OF 100000 pounds........s 81, ,0O(
COST per .ONE CENl
Besides this you would have free Of cost en-
tirely $50, 100 worth Of hides, horns and tai
low.
In every other department Of production
the benefits would be as great.
No wonder that the millonaires call the
scientists who expose these robberies of the
people, "Dynamiters" !"
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THB union labor parity
OF Colorado.

Corresponding Secretary, T. g. Ashton,
1877 Arapahoe st., Denver, Colorado.
Official organ: TIE LABoR ENQuIREs.
Denver Central Club meets every Thurs
day night at Neff's Hall, at 7:8O p. m.
Cards of Membership, Platforms and in
formation furnished on application to the
Corresponding Secretary.
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Tn LApoD EuourREn 10 Published every
saturday. lt will be devoted 70 the discus
don or al subjects which tend 70 educate,
elevate and advance the lab0rtng classes.
All consmu nications must be addrossed 70
TIs LAnoR ENouIRER, 1917 Arapahoe Street,
Denvsf Colorado.
me publishsrs Of this paper are not respon-
sibis for the opinions OF contItbutors: The
columns will always be open l0r the discus
day. BRIEF contributions always welcome.
We viii renew the times Of truth and jus.
tice,
Condensing In fair, free commonwealth
Not rash equality, but equal rights."
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II i1i(| Y !. Nv VI. .
1 \ / :! = m q Is1cccs's Is1sc's .
g. - ". r. ncll Nah 1ffest -.
~ tMssa Sn5ss - - 0sden. Utah Wit
go fl Justiee Assembly No. Sese. mae,.
on u 1eveyY Sunday evening, "a Drevfrssss
hall. IN LAr1mer street, Denver. Cerfs smd ana
ssisssaen 4; dssarons g q !ol1tpg this assembly
0ee9Joe Murray Assembly, No. aee7
QUO meets every other Saturday a}
Spring Canon school h0use ~ 7:80 b. m
Waiting brothers ana sisters are cordiaijv
invited 70 attend. T. Q. address. Stout. Colo.
Assembly No. S5l4, meets q,
0l o'clock every Tuesday evening ~ ~
NeerS hall, al Fifteenth street, Denvar
Msmbers Of the order are invited 70 attend.
0o0 Highland Assembly, No. Ssr
00S meets every Wednesday evening al
s O'Clock, In their private nall, Highlands
Denver. Visiting brothers and sisters Away;
welcome
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Note these points
The cattle are grazed on the public domain.
The work is all done by three men at 5000
per year and three other men 20 days each at
:, per day; total per year 5000.
The total "eapital' invested was sSo,s7o,
less sI,eso wages first year, or s2S,65o.
The interest on the capital invested Mr..
Brisbin puts at 10 per cent, evidently
ashamed to claim more than that as the 'proper
profit"
He counts his expenses" at SIS 1000 for 6
years evidently making mistake, for six times
$I,oao only equals sII,s2o.
Right here and now is an evident cause Of
the poverty Of the masses, entirely outside Of
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EDrroRrAL. ROOMS:
lsls Arapahos Street. Rooms and ..
PRINTING. PUBLISHING AND JOB
PRINTING DEPARTMENT9:-ln6A Anp-
ahoe street, First Floor, Csouth sidel

uupNHTTB q. HASKBLL. Eaiaor,
ISIS ArApahoe Street, Denver, Colo.
uAYnY d. v1oouAy. Aepeeiaos lAitceSer xaness
- GisSeuSi. az LoSsss 6sress. xansas oity 1o.
AyBA yApy1-VAox1LL, Associate 1ditor for
s3YusA,s Denver. ccloro0o
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nn4er R in In water S and pull K out and look for
the hole. Then you know how sadly you are
missed. man who thinks paper cannot
and stay awhile. When he comes back he
will ind out that half his friends didn't
know he was gone, the other half didn't care
4 cent, and the world at large didn't keep any
account Of his movements. You will md
things you cannot endorse In every paper.
Even the Bible IL rather plain and hits some
hard licks. II you were 10 get mad and burn
your Bible, the hundreds Of presses would
still 70 ON printing them and II you were TO
Of ugly names, the paper would still be pub
.lshed, and what ID more you would slip
around and borrow copy Of II every week
from your neighbor. You would do much bet
snbscriptlonn ssl &C & n paid up % year in advance.
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Assembly, No. 1853,
lfUOmeets every Thursday evening a
7:30 O'Clock. at School Hall.
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lA0 A-Montgomery Benevolent Assembly
I4z4No l4N, meets every Friday evening
at Neefs hall, third floor. No. 24I Fifteenth
street, Denver, at 7:3D o'clock. A cordial well
come extended to visiting members.